America’s Cup Racing Action, June 10 2017

The match has two great young helmsmen pitted against each other – Nathan Outteridge of Sweden’s Artemis Racing and Peter Burling of Emirates Team New Zealand. The teams went into the day with different set-ups: Artemis Racing with its big, light wind boards, while the Kiwis had smaller foils, thought to be more efficient in stronger winds. The 35th America’s Cup is taking place in Bermuda from May - June 2017, with defending champion Oracle Team USA, Artemis Racing from Sweden, Emirates Team New Zealand, Land Rover BAR from Great Britain, Groupama Team France, and Softbank Team Japan all competing in the sailing regatta. In 2017, the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers and Challenger Playoffs, as well as the America’s Cup Match presented by Louis Vuitton, are being raced in the new America’s Cup Class – a very fast, foiling, wing-sailed catamaran, manned by six crew; helmsman, wing trimmer, tactician/grinder and three grinders.